William Shippen

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birth_date = October 1, 1712
birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
death_date = November 4, 1801
death_place = Germantown
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nationality = American
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field = medicine
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William Shippen, Sr. (October 1, 1712 – November 4, 1801) was an American physician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a civic and educational leader who represented Pennsylvania in the Continental Congress.

William was born to Joseph Shippen (1679-1741, son of Edward Shippen, governor of Pennsylvania) and Abigail Grosse Shippen (1677-1704) at Philadelphia. His father was a prominent merchant. William studied medicine and built a large practice in Philadelphia. In 1735 he married Susannah Harrison.

Shippen joined the vestrymen who founded the First Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia in 1742. He joined Benjamin Franklin and other civic leaders to found the Public Academy in 1749 and served as one of its trustees. When it merged with another school to become the College of Philadelphia he served as a trustee of the college from 1755 to 1779; the College is now the University of Pennsylvania. William's brother, Edward Shippen (1703-1781, grandfather of Peggy Shippen) was one of the founders of Princeton University, for which William served as a trustee for over thirty years.

The Pennsylvania Assembly chose Shippen as a delegate to the Continental Congress on November 20, 1778. He represented his state during congressional sessions in 1779 and 1780, after which he returned to his medical practice.

William remained active well into his eighties. He died at home in Germantown in 1801 and is buried in the First Presbyterian Churchyard at Philadelphia.

His son, William Shippen, Jr., followed his father in a medical career and served as Director of Hospitals for the Continental Army. William, Jr.'s wife, Alice Lee, was the daughter of Thomas Lee of the Lee family of Virginia; their daughter Nancy Shippen married Robert Beekman Livingston, the son of Robert Livingston (1718-1775).

References

*cite journal
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first=Luis H
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title=William Shippen, Jr.: pioneer revolutionary war surgeon and father of American anatomy and midwifery
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volume=15
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pages=183–4
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last=Louis
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year=1989|month=Apr.

title=William Shippen's unsuccessful attempt to establish the first "School for Physick" in the American colonies in 1762
journal=Journal of the history of medicine and allied sciences
volume=44
issue=2
pages=218–39
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doi=10.1093/jhmas/44.2.218
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last=Jensen
first=J E
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year=1984|month=Jun.

title=Manuscript notes of William Shippen, Jr., MD found in the Faculty Library
journal=Maryland state medical journal
volume=33
issue=6
pages=438–40
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last=Blake
first=J B
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year=1974|month=Jul.

title=The anatomical lectures of William Shippen, 1766
journal=Transactions & studies of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia
volume=42
issue=1
pages=61–6
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last=Allen
first=V R
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year=1971|month=Sep.

title=Medicine in the American Revolution. 3
journal=The Journal of the Oklahoma State Medical Association
volume=64
issue=9
pages=377–81
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last=Bowen
first=E A
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year=1966|month=Jan.

title=Shippen and Morgan and Benedict Arnold
journal=JAMA
volume=195
issue=2
pages=186–7
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doi=10.1001/jama.195.2.186b
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last=OLCH
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title=The Morgan-Shippen Controversy: A Commentary On The Birth Of Medical Education In America
journal=Review of surgery
volume=22
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pages=1–8
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last=BELL
first=W J
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year=1964|month=Jul.

title=The Court Martial Of Dr. William Shippen, Jr., 1780
journal=Journal of the history of medicine and allied sciences
volume=19
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pages=218–38
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External links

* [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000368 Biographic sketch at U.S. Congress website]
* [http://www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/features/1700s/people/shippen_wm.html Biographical sketch at the University of Pennsylvania]
* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html Political Graveyard]